WearTec

Ricardo Beverly Hills has created a new range of travel luggage that comes with an inbuilt scale. The scales can be activated when lifting the carry handle and an LCD display will show the weight either in pounds or in kilograms.

As a fairly regular plane traveller myself, both on national and international routes, I feel that this will be a really useful tool, rather than just a wearable, or should I say drag-able, gadget. Most airlines are fairly restrictive when it comes to overweight luggage and repacking the suitcase at the airport, or even worse, having to pay for excess baggage are some of the stresses I don’t fancy when I’m travelling. And while the old scales at home are fairly accurate it takes some acrobatics to balance the suitcase on them while still being able to read the display. When travelling and staying in hotels you often don’t have the ability to weigh your luggage at all, yet it would be necessary and provide peace of mind, especially with all the extra shopping that now has to fit into the suitcase.

I had a brief look at some of online luggage retailers and the largest suitcase seems to sell for around $200 and a small carry on bag can be bought for around $50.